Gold for GB trio

Wednesday, 07 December 2011 14:24

Written by Editor

Former Paralympic cycling champion Sarah Storey added an able-bodied gold to her medal collection as Great Britain's women won team pursuit gold at the Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia. The 34-year-old, who has won gold medals in both cycling and swimming as a Paralympian, moved up to able-bodied competition after the 2008 Beijing Games and took a first major international title on her World Cup debut alongside team-mates Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel.

The British trio set a time of three minutes and 31.835 seconds, beating New Zealand (3:37.072) in the final. The United States claimed bronze by beating Lithuania in the bronze medal play-off. The women’s team pursuit collective are the only British representatives at the tournament in Colombia, which is the second of four World Cup meetings this season.

Manchester's Storey, who was was born without a left hand, won two gold medals in swimming as a 14-year-old at the 1992 Paralympics, and has since gone on to collect five swimming gold medals and two in cycling.